Contemptuous
Contemptuous adjective - Feeling or showing open dislike for someone or something regarded as undeserving of respect or concern.
Misanthropic and contemptuous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Misanthropic" instead an adjective "Contemptuous".
Misanthropic
Misanthropic adjective - Having or showing a deep distrust of human beings and their motives.
Contemptuous and misanthropic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contemptuous" instead an adjective "Misanthropic".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hateful and contemptuous
- hateful and misanthropic
- scornful and contemptuous
- scornful and misanthropic
- sarcastic and contemptuous
- sarcastic and misanthropic
- derisive and contemptuous
- derisive and misanthropic
- hard and contemptuous
- hard and misanthropic
- cool and contemptuous
- cool and misanthropic
- aloof and contemptuous
- aloof and misanthropic
Both words in one sentence
- In the movies, they have a bit of a misanthropic streak, they're shown to be rather contemptuous of outsiders, and it's heavily hinted that they consider murder, torture, and cannibalism to be perfectly normal.
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